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149 - MURAT (JOACHIM) AND AROUND. Set of 6 pieces.
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MURAT (JOACHIM) AND AROUND. Set of 6 pieces. - MURAT (Joachim). Autograph Apostille signed with his initials (s.l., June 1809, 7 words), on an autograph letter signed by the surgeon-in-chief of the Royal Guard, Jean Péborde, addressed to the commander of the said Guard, General Claude-Antoine Compère (Naples, 24 June 1809), 2 pp. in-folio. Jean Péborde wrote: "I have the honour of telling you that when the Guards of Honour were formed, I entrusted a surgeon with the health service of this squadron. As this corps is almost entirely organised, I believe it is right and proper to grant the position of assistant surgeon-major to Mr Villeneuve, a former army surgeon, commendable for his good morals, his services and his ability, and who adds to all these titles that of having fulfilled the duties to this day. Consequently... I have the honour of asking you to present Monsieur Villeneuve for the above-mentioned post in the proposals that you will make to His Majesty...". King Murat then said: "Approved. Referred to the Minister of War. JM." A pupil of CORVISART, JEAN PEBORDE WAS THE MEDICAL SURGEON TO LOUIS BONAPARTE, JEAN LANNES AND JOACHIM MURAT, to whom he became particularly attached and whom he accompanied to Austria, Prussia, Poland, Spain and Naples. There, he reorganised the Neapolitan army's health service, as well as public assistance and hospitals in general. He stayed with Joachim Murat in Russia (where Napoleon I awarded him the Legion of Honour), in Germany, and again accompanied him to Toulon after his fall. He returned to the French army after 1817. - BISIGNANO (Tommaso Sanseverino, prince of). Letter signed as Grand Chancellor of the Royal Order of the Two Sicilies, addressed to Ensign Elia Ripert. Naples, 10 November 1808. He informs his correspondent that the latter has been made a knight of the Royal Order of the Two Sicilies (one p. folio, printed heading "Ordine reale delle due Sicilie. Il gran cancelliere dell'Ordine e gran aquila della Legion d'onore"). - LACÉPÈDE (Bernard-Germain-Étienne). Letter signed as Grand Chancellor of the Order of the Legion of Honour, addressed to the future General Antoine-Simon Durrieu, then Deputy Battalion Chief at the General Staff of the Army of Naples. Paris, 1st June 1808. "I have received... the letter you did me the honour of writing to me to inform me of the error that has been made in the spelling of your name. I have hastened to have it rectified...". (1/2 p. folio, printed letterhead "Légion d'honneur, Le Grand-Chancelier"). - LANUSSE (Pierre, known as Robert). Letter signed as Grand Marshal of the Palace of Naples, in Italian, to the guards and doormen of the royal palaces, villas and parks of Caserta, Belvedere, Carditello, Capodimonte, Portici, La Favorita, Quisisana. Royal Villa of Portici [overlooking the sea near Naples, to the south-east], 21 October 1810. Authorisation, valid once, to visit the sites concerned, on condition that the sovereigns are not present (3/4 p. in-4, lithographed letterhead "Il general Lanusse maresciallo del Palazzo di S. M. il re delle Due Sicilie"). General Lanusse entered the service of Joachim when the latter was still Grand Duke of Berg and followed him to Naples, where he was made Major General and Grand Marshal of the Palace. He returned to French service in 1811. - REYNIER (Jean-Louis-Ébénézer). Letter signed as Minister of War and the Navy of the Kingdom of Naples, addressed to Captain Dionnet, of the regiment of grenadiers of the Royal Guard. Naples, 10 May 1809. " ... S[a] M[ajesté]... has promoted you to the rank of battalion commander in the corps of veterans of His Guard...". (one p. in-4 square, printed heading "Le général de division, colonel-général de la Garde, ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine"). A veteran of the Egyptian campaign, General Reynier took part in the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples where, for a time King Joseph's Minister of War, he remained until June 1809. - ROBERTI VITTORI (Lorenzo de). Letter addressed as commander of the port of Naples, addressed to frigate captain Elia Ripert. Naples, 11th February 1811. He orders his correspondent to go to Castellamare to perform the duties of "capo di movimenti" (2/3 p. in-4, address on the back, stamped "Reale marina di Napoli"). ATTACHED, a portrait of Joachim Murat engraved on copper by Ambroise Tardieu after François Gérard (framed under glass).
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
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